Former president and foreign ministers have made trips to Europe as other nations handle contacts more flexibly

China said it complained to Europe’s legislature over a speech Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim gave to a group of its members, a spat that comes with tensions already heightened over trade and other issues.

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.

With a clear view of China's skyscraper-studded coastline, Taiwanese coastguard captain Huang Heng-chun steers his patrol boat through choppy waters around a group of islands controlled by Taipei.The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun,

Taiwan must be allowed full and equal participation when China hosts APEC next year, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday, after Taipei complained that Beijing had "added a lot of conditions" to its attendance.

Wealthy, democratic and strategically located off the Chinese coast, Taiwan has long been the most volatile issue between the US and China. The US has helped arm Taiwan and, under President Joe Biden,

President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.

China’s leader wants to weaken American support for Taiwan. But first he will want clarity about President Trump’s stance toward the island.

Taiwan's foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has "added a lot of conditions" to its attendance at next year's APEC summit in the Chinese city of Shenzhen and gone back on a commitment to allow "equal" participation.

Typhoon Fung-wong weakened into a tropical storm over the South China Sea and was moving northwest toward Taiwan, where it could hit Thursday.